Influenza, more commonly known as âthe flu,â is caused by a contagious virus. Symptoms include body aches, sore throat, headache, fever, coughing, and chills. Perhaps because influenza is so common, misconceptions about the disease abound.
Meaning: A stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions) Classified under: Nouns denoting man-made objects. Hypernyms (sarcophagus is a kind of...): casket; coffin (box in which a corpse is buried or cremated)
Sarcophagi were most often designed to remain above ground. In Ancient Egypt, a sarcophagus formed the outer layer of protection for a royal mummy, with several layers of coffins nested within, and was often carved out of alabaster.dded to the basin-like main sarcophagi is a broad, rectangular frame, often covered with a white slip and then painted. The huge Lycian Tomb of Payava, now in the British Museum, is a royal tomb monument of about 360 BC designed for an open-air placing, a grand example of a common Lycian style.